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Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophrisOrder: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Albatross (Diomedeidae)
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Range Map for Black-browed Albatross

Overview

Black-browed Albatross: White head, neck, underparts, and black back, tail. Yellow bill with red tip, pale pink-gray legs and feet. Easily identified by black tail, stiff wing beats and long narrow pointed wings. Soars effortlessly for long periods of time, may circle and glide for long distances.

Range and Habitat

Black-browed Albatross: Common on the open sea in the southern oceans, rarely crosses the equator. Prefers to nest on slopes or cliffs overlooking ocean.

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Family Albatross (Diomedeidae)_blue
Species Thalassarche melanophris
Length32 - 37 Inches
Wingspan91.5 Inches

Black-browed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross: White head, neck, underparts, and black back, tail. Yellow bill with red tip, pale pink-gray legs and feet. Easily identified by black tail, stiff wing beats and long narrow pointed wings. Soars effortlessly for long periods of time, may circle and glide for long distances.

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● Foraging & Feeding: Black-browed Albatross: Eats squid, cuttlefish, small fish, crustaceans and garbage from ships that it often follows.

● Breeding & nesting: Black-browed Albatross: Single egg, white with red spots, laid in a nest of mud and grass on slopes and cliffs overlooking the ocean. Incubation ranges from 64 to 79 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Black-browed Albatross: Yellow-nosed Albatross has black bill with yellow ridge and light gray head.

Flight Pattern

Glides on stiff wings.
Black-browed Albatross: Adult
● Range & Habitat: Black-browed Albatross: Common on the open sea in the southern oceans, rarely crosses the equator. Prefers to nest on slopes or cliffs overlooking ocean.
BreedingColonial
PopulationRare to casual
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight120 - 130 Ounces